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"Reading A-Z leveled books are offered in a special eBook format that can be accessed using Kurzweil 3000 literacy software. These specially formatted books provide struggling readers hundreds of books spanning 27 levels of reading difficulty. Students have the option of listening to or reading the books. Students can adjust the reading speed to a level that is appropriate to their needs. Kurzweil 3000 software includes a bilingual dictionary for definitions and pronunciations in English and Spanish as well as tools for adding embedded questions or reading prompts."

"Experience NeoSpeech natural-sounding text-to-speech (TTS) software. NeoSpeech offers superior text-to-speech applications with natural-sounding voice synthesis software. Our TTS languages include: English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese."

"The KidTools software is made for children to support their success in school, home, and community. The software provides two programs to help students. KidTools helps students with behaviors by targeting behaviors, to change, making behavior plans, following agreements, and self-monitoring. KidSkills helps students get organized, learn new information and pass tests, plan to get homework done, and work on projects with other students. eKidTools and eKidSkills are for elementary students. iKidTools and iKidSkills are for intermediate/middle school students. The tools are easy to create and can be printed for use. All you need is a Windows platform computer and a place to save the tool records. "

"HelpKidzLearn is a collection of free software for young children and those with learning difficulties to play online. The software is split into five sections: * Early Years * Games and Quizzes * Stories and Songs * Creative Play * Find Out About You will get the most out of these activities if you play them together with your child. Use them as a focus for chatting. Speaking and listening is very important for young children's educational development, particularly reading and writing."

"In the coming months, the Hacking Autism Hackathon will pull together a volunteer group of software developers with leading autism specialists to work together to develop groundbreaking, touch-enabled applications for the autism community. But this program starts with you. Share your ideas, comment on existing ideas and choose your favorites to help our advisory board bring to life the most impactful applications and make this software available, right here at HackingAutism.org."

"Whatever your philosophy regarding frontal teaching methods and the uses of Smartboards, there's no denying two facts: 1. Smartboards have become extremely popular tools in educational institutions 2. Smartboards are relatively expensive and eat major portions out of our shrinking school budgets What if you could create a parallel experience using nothing more than an iPad and a $50 piece of software? One software product with a matching iPad app claims that it can. Doceri is an iPad app that provides an alternative to interactive whiteboards at a fraction of the cost. Doceri lets an educator control and annotate on a computer connected to a projector from anywhere in the room. "

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"Combatting difficulties brought on by various disabilities in an environment where software and hardware has become increasingly more complex is a huge challenge for engineers to overcome. Thankfully, both Microsoft and Apple have taken some steps to make sure that users of Windows and OS X with disabilities can at least enjoy basic functionality without requiring assistance from another person."

"WELCOME TO SUNCASTLE TECH! Our mission is to maintain the same easy-to-use products, valuable teacher and parent resources, and customer service that Slater Software was known for. I will guarantee their availability and ensure their relevance as the Assistive Technology industry continues to change and evolve."

"Educational Software For UDL and Special Needs"

"ClickNoMo is software that clicks your mouse for you. You probably click your mouse hundreds of times a day, thousands of times a week. ClickNoMo lets you rest your tendons while you continue to work and get things done. "

"The Stages© framework takes a research-based approach to defining developmentally appropriate observable learner characteristics for each Stage and recommends features to consider in computer software for learning, along with teaching strategies that match and scaffold student need. " this Wikispaces site lists apps according to the developmental stage it is most appropriate for.

"EduApps consists of eight useful software collections that are free for you to download and use. The EduApps Family covers a range of user requirements to support teaching and learning, so just choose the one that's right for you."

"Tiki-Toki is web-based software for creating beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the internet. Tiki-Toki's free account lets you create a fully-functional timeline that you can share with friends and colleagues"

blog post from Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs:

blog post from Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs:

rehabtool.com is an information technology company that develops and markets innovative hardware and software integrated into solutions to assist individuals with disabilities and special needs. We also offer many free unique services including: * a personalized Product Search & Referral service to help you choose appropriate assistive technology solutions and locate product vendors. * a quarterly Newsletter to keep abreast of assistive technology developments. * access to our AT Links Library, a comprehensive collection of links to the largest assistive technology catalogs, databases and vendor directories in North America.

"Switch-activated software that lets you make slideshows and sequences of pictures, videos and sounds for use with one or two switches."

"Large numbers of consumers, parents, teachers, therapists and AT professionals  purchase mobile and handheld devices and downloading various apps to be used as assistive technology and educational software for people with disabilities. The ability to test and review every app that can be used in this manner is nearly impossible. To aid Maine consumers and AT professionals who may be interested in knowing more about what's out there, we have assembled this resource."

"The Eye Tribe creates software that allows users to interact with their mobile device just by looking at it. Activate the screen, scroll websites automatically as you read and play games using your eyes! "